Gyulo armeny



INVENTOI? ATTORNEY.

Patented July 15, 1890).

(No Model) G. ARMENY. GEM SETTING No. 432,007.

W/TA/ESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GYULO ARMENY, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

GEM-SETTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,007, dated July 15,1890.

Application filed October 15, 1889. Serial No. 327,060. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GYULo ARMENY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvement in Gem-Settin gand I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the ccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

In setting gems it is desirable to set out the jewel with its face andedges as nearly bare as possible, and therefore the cramps or prongswhich hold the jewel are made very slender and inconspicuous; but by sodoing, when gold and other soft metals'are used, the strength andsecurity of the setting are sacrificed, for in the ordinary wear of thering, pin, or other jeweled article the points of the cramps, whichoverlap and hold the gem, soon wear away, or the frail setting is easilybroken and the jewel is usually lost.

My invention is intended, by a combination of metals, to retain the useof the goldsetting and to provide points for the cramps, which will bealmost invisible and yet be of such strength as will secure the jewelfrom loss. It provides those two most desirable qualities the maximum ofstrength and the minimum of metallic exposure on the gem.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention as applied to afinger-ring.

Figure 1 is a side view of the invention; Fig. 2, a portion ofasettinginclosinga jewel; Fig. 3, a side elevation of a cramp of thesetting considerably enlarged.

The ditferent parts of the drawings are referred to by'letter, similarletters denoting corresponding parts in the different views.

In the drawings, A indicates the base of the setting, and b b the bodiesof the cramps. These parts are made in any preferred forms and of anydesired metal, and may be as massive as preferred, as they do notinterfere with the view of the jewel. The tips 0 c of the cramps, whichhold the jewel and form the angles at its edge, I make of iridium, andfixthem wholly on the tops of the said cramps Z) Z). By using this metalthe points which overlap the stone may be made so slender as scarcely tobe noticed, and yet will securely hold the gem against such violence aswould quickly displace a gem set .in gold or any other metal, and withordinary wear will last as long, perhaps, as the jewel itself.

Having 110w described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

1. A gem-setting the base and cramps of which are formed of gold andhaving small pieces of iridium secured wholly upon the tops of thecramps, so that they project over and upon the edges of the gem to holdit securely, as described.

2. The gem-setting base A and cramps b b, of any preferred material, andthe iridium tips 0 c, fixed wholly on the tops of said cramps andprojecting inwardly over and upon the edges of the gem, as herein setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GYULO ARMENY. lVitnesses:

ARTHUR Z. WESTERMAYR, CHAS. BIERIG.

